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For this article, medium-capacity launch systems are determined as being those capable of lifting at least 2,000kg, but less than 20,000kg to low Earth orbit.

Rocket	Country	Manufacturer	Mass to LEO (kg)	Mass to GTO (kg)	Cost (Mil US$)	Cost/kg (LEO)	Cost/kg (GTO)	Record	Status
Angara A3	Russia	Khrunichev	14,600	2,400				0/0	Development
Ariane 1	Europe	Arianespace		1,830				9/11	Retired
Ariane 2	Europe	Arianespace		2,270				6/7	Retired
Ariane 3	Europe	Arianespace		2,650				9/10	Retired
Ariane 4 40	Europe	Arianespace		2,100				7/7	Retired
Ariane 4 42L	Europe	Arianespace		3,480				13/13	Retired
Ariane 4 44L	Europe	Arianespace		4,720				39/40	Retired
Ariane 4 44LP	Europe	Arianespace		4,220				25/26	Retired
Ariane 4 42P	Europe	Arianespace		2,930				14/15	Retired
Ariane 4 44P	Europe	Arianespace		3,460				15/15	Retired
Ariane 5G	Europe	Arianespace	16,000	6,000				13/16	Retired
Ariane 5G+	Europe	Arianespace		6,150				3/3	Retired
Ariane 5GS	Europe	Arianespace		6,700				5/5	Active
Atlas G	United States	Lockheed	3,630	2,255				5/7	Retired
Atlas H	United States	Lockheed	3,630	2,255				5/5	Retired
Atlas I	United States	Lockheed Martin	3,630	2,255				8/11	Retired
Atlas II	United States	Lockheed Martin	6,580	2,810				10/10	Retired
Atlas IIA	United States	Lockheed Martin	7,280	3,039				23/23	Retired
Atlas IIAS	United States	Lockheed Martin	8,610	3,630				20/20	Retired
Atlas IIIA	United States	Lockheed Martin	8,640	4,055				2/2	Retired
Atlas IIIB	United States	Lockheed Martin	10,218	4,500				4/4	Retired
Atlas V 401	United States	United Launch Alliance		4,951				7/8	Active
Atlas V 411	United States	United Launch Alliance		5,951				2/2	Active
Atlas V 421	United States	United Launch Alliance		6,832				3/3	Active
Atlas V 431	United States	United Launch Alliance		7,642				1/1	Active
Atlas V 501	United States	United Launch Alliance		3,971				0/0	Active
Atlas V 511	United States	United Launch Alliance		5,271				0/0	Active
Atlas V 521	United States	United Launch Alliance		6,287				2/2	Active
Atlas V 531	United States	United Launch Alliance		7,202				0/0	Active
Atlas V 541	United States	United Launch Alliance		7,982				0/0	Active
Atlas V 551	United States	United Launch Alliance		8,672				1/1	Active
Commercial Titan III	United States	Martin Marietta	14,515	1,850				3/4	Retired
Delta 4925	United States	McDonnell Douglas	3,400	1,200				2/2	Retired
Delta 5920	United States	McDonnell Douglas	3,848	N/A			N/A	1/1	Retired
Delta II 6920	United States	McDonnell Douglas		N/A			N/A	3/3	Retired
Delta II 6925	United States	McDonnell Douglas						14/14	Retired
Delta II 7320	United States	United Launch Alliance		N/A			N/A	8/8	Active
Delta II 7326	United States	United Launch Alliance						3/3	Active
Delta II 7420	United States	United Launch Alliance		N/A			N/A	12/12	Active
Delta II 7425	United States	United Launch Alliance						4/4	Active
Delta II 7426	United States	United Launch Alliance						1/1	Active
Delta II 7920	United States	United Launch Alliance		N/A			N/A	24/24	Active
Delta II 7925	United States	United Launch Alliance						65/67	Active
Delta II 7920H	United States	United Launch Alliance	1,816	N/A			N/A	2/2	Active
Delta II 7925H	United States	United Launch Alliance	5,089	1,818				3/3	Active
Delta III 8930	United States	Boeing	8,290	3,810				0/3	Retired
Delta IVM 9040	United States	United Launch Alliance		4,210				3/3	Active
Delta IVM+(4,2) 9240	United States	United Launch Alliance		5,845				3/3	Active
Delta IVM+(5,2) 9250	United States	United Launch Alliance		4,640				0/0	Active
Delta IVM+(5,4) 9450	United States	United Launch Alliance		6,565				1/1[1]	Active
Dnepr-1	Ukraine	ISC Kosmotras	4,500					11/12	Active
Falcon 9	United States	SpaceX	9,900	4,900				0/0	Development
PSLV	India	Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)	2,000	1,050				10/11	Active
PSLV-CA	India	Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)	2,300	1,600				4/4	Active
PSLV-XL	India	Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)	2,600	1,750				1/1	Active
PSLV-HP	India	Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)	3,000	2,000				0/0	Development
GSLV Mk.I(a)	India	Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)	5,100	1,500				2/2	Retired
GSLV Mk.I(b)	India	Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)	5,100	1,900				2/3	Retired
GSLV Mk.II	India	Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)	5,100	2,500				0/0	Active
GX	Japan	Galaxy Express Corporation	3,600					0/0	Development
H-I	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	3,200	1,100				9/9	Retired
H-II	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	10,060	3,930				4/7	Retired
H-IIA 202	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	10,000	4,100				3/3	Active
H-IIA 2022	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	10,740	4,500				3/3	Active
H-IIA 2024	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	11,730	5,000				6/7	Active
H-IIA 204	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	15,000	6,000				1/1	Active
H-IIB	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	19,000	8,000				1/1	Active
Long March 2C	People's Republic of China	CALT	2,400						Active
Long March 2D	People's Republic of China	CALT	3,500						Active
Long March 2E	People's Republic of China	CALT	9,200	3,370				5/7	Retired
Long March 2F	People's Republic of China	CALT	8,400	3,370				7/7	Active
Long March 3	People's Republic of China	CALT	5,000	1,340				10/13	Retired
Long March 3A	People's Republic of China	CALT	8,500	2,300				14/14	Active
Long March 3B	People's Republic of China	CALT	12,000	5,100				8/9	Active
Long March 3B/E	People's Republic of China	CALT	12,000	5,500				2/3	Active
Long March 3C	People's Republic of China	CALT		3,700				1/1	Active
Long March 4A	People's Republic of China	CALT	4,000					2/2	Retired
Long March 4B	People's Republic of China	CALT	4,200	1,500				11/11	Active
Long March 4C	People's Republic of China	CALT	4,200	1,500				3/3	Active
Molniya	Soviet Union	RSC Energia							Retired
Molniya-M	Soviet Union  Russia	RSC Energia							Active
N-II	Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	2,000	730				8/8	Retired
Saturn I	United States	Chrysler (S-I) Douglas (S-IV)	9,000					10/10	Retired
Saturn IB	United States	Chrysler (S-IB) Douglas (S-IVB)	15,300					9/9	Retired
Soyuz	Soviet Union	RSC Energia						28/30	Retired
Soyuz-L	Soviet Union	RSC Energia						3/3	Retired
Soyuz-M	Soviet Union	RSC Energia						8/8	Retired
Soyuz-U	Soviet Union  Russia	RSC Energia							Active
Soyuz-U2	Soviet Union  Russia	RSC Energia	7,050					90/92	Retired
Soyuz-FG	Russia	RSC Energia	7,800					26/26	Active
Soyuz-2.1a	Russia	RSC Energia						3/3	Active
Soyuz-2.1b	Russia	RSC Energia						1/1	Active
Taurus II	United States	Orbital Sciences	5,500					0/0	Development
Titan II GLV	United States	Martin Marietta	3,600					12/12*	Retired
Titan II 23G	United States	Martin Marietta	3,175					12/13	Retired
Titan IIIA	United States	Martin Marietta	3,100					3/4	Retired
Titan IIIB	United States	Martin Marietta							Retired
Titan IIIC	United States	Martin Marietta	13,100	3,000				31/36	Retired
Titan IIID	United States	Martin Marietta	12,300					22/22	Retired
Titan IIIE	United States	Martin Marietta	15,400					6/7	Retired
Titan 34D	United States	Martin Marietta	14,515	5,000				12/15	Retired
Titan IVA	United States	Martin Marietta	17,700	6,350				20/22	Retired
Tsyklon	Soviet Union	Yuzhmash	3,000					7/8	Retired
Tsyklon-2	Soviet Union  Ukraine	Yuzhmash	2,820					105/106	Retired
Tsyklon-3	Soviet Union  Ukraine	Yuzhmash	4,100					114/122	Retired
Tsyklon-4	Ukraine	Yuzhmash	5,500	1,700				0/0	Development
Voskhod	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	5,900					277/300	Retired
Vostok-L	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	4,550					3/4	Retired
Vostok-K	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	4,730					11/13	Retired
Vostok-2	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	4,730					40/45	Retired
Vostok-2M	Soviet Union	RSC Energia						92/94	Retired
Soyuz/Vostok	Soviet Union	RSC Energia	4,500					2/2	Retired
Zenit-2	Soviet Union  Ukraine	Yuzhnoye	13,740					31/37	Retired
Zenit-2M (2SLB)	Ukraine	Yuzhnoye	12,030					1/1	Active
Zenit-3SL	Ukraine	Yuzhnoye		5,250				25/28	Active
Zenit-3SLB (3M)	Ukraine	Yuzhnoye		3,750				1/2	Active
Zenit-3SLBF	Ukraine	Yuzhnoye						0/0	Development

* - ''including sub-orbital flights''

[edit] See also

• Comparison of small lift launch systems
• Comparison of mid-heavy lift launch systems
• Comparison of heavy lift launch systems
• Comparison of super heavy lift launch systems

[edit] References

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